ARIES/TAURUS

" BULLIES — The Trotting Cow:

The main characteristic of this cuspal creature is the one-pointed charge toward the object of its desire. The word "charge" is especially significant here, as this cusp rules credit cards. Bullies is compatible with itself. They make great lawyers and bank robbers, and are known for their perfected self concern. On the positive side, let's go on to the next cuspoid."

– Tem Tarriktar

Signs next to each other are the most difficult to blend but also the most rewarding when they can be blended to work together. Aries/Taurus must blend fire and earth. Aries is the most explosive fire sign while Taurus is the most productive earth sign. Aries is Cardinal and must be on the move. Cardinal signs are a pivotal point for turning in all directions. Taurus is fixed and must be stable. This is a power which is difficult to use effectively. It is like the irresistible force meeting the immovable object. Something's gotta give. Giving is negative unless it is for an investment which Aries prefers not to be tied to. You need to pace yourself, alternating your driving energy with relaxation. This is only the beginning. Ultimately, you will be better off if you learn to work in a more relaxed and easy going manner. You suffer if you burn yourself out and too much relaxation results in boredom, which your Aries nature is unable to tolerate.

The relationship between the rulers Venus & Mars will either help or make it more difficult to blend these two energies to your advantage. It will also make a difference what planet or planets are on the cusp. If it is the Sun, it is likely to give Aries more support. If it is the Moon, it may give Taurus more support. In either case, the problem will be to keep the fire from scorching the earth. It will be necessary for this individual to yield the aggressive part of the nature to the stable and fixed side of the nature in such a way that they balance rather than fight against each other. You are likely to be intolerant of others who are unable to keep up with you. Your Aries nature may drive your Taurus nature too far while your Taurus nature may put on the brakes too strongly, limiting your freedom. This may cause you to be restless and stressed out, not being able to really be comfortable in either of the roles you have been assigned until you are able to find the proper balance.

TAURUS/GEMINI

"Geminus — The Insurance Salesman:

This fast talking cuspoid combines the clever double talk of Gemini with the business sense of Taurus. These curious and sometimes psychic people often become political pollstersk and they are the inventors of "no-fault" insurance. Geminus rules junk mail, rotating TV antennas, the game Monopoly and licorice."

– Tem Tarriktar

This earth/air combination needs a mediator to translate the values into something that will blend. If you thought Aries was a problem to Taurus, consider what Gemini does. Aries built a fire under Taurus and allowed no rest. But on the Gemini side, something like insects are buzzing around you when you are trying to relax. Gemini is highly mental but not to be pinned down about anything. Don't ask Gemini what it means. Only, "isn't that interesting – and how about this?" Gemini touches and takes off, unmindful of whether anyone follows or not. Taurus clips Gemini's wings. But Gemini simply cannot sit in one place long enough to rest. It's fine to be a scatterbrain as you collect bits of information. But it isn't of much value if someone or something doesn't find a way to relate it to what goes on in the world.

Any instance of this cusp, in people, planets or situations will need help of some kind to use these energies rather that simply be used by them. If all you have is just one of these energies, you'll get along just fine. But it is like living in a one dimensional world where nothing really makes you aware that there is something else out there. Once these two see value in the conflicting energies, they can work together as long as they don't step on each others toes too hard. Taurus needs what Gemini has for what Taurus is most interested in doing. For example, Taurus provides a green thumb for growing plants such as flowers. Left to its own devices Taurus will just leave the flowers in the garden to bloom, die down and come up again next year. But with Gemini help, Taurus can add design to flower arrangements and horticulture. Taurus needs Gemini for planning and security, especially monetary security. Gemini can't just do this on its own. Nor can it be pinned down to a constant routine.

If Taurus can allow Gemini to cut loose and have some fun on a regular basis, Gemini can be brought back to settle down to some rather confining work, such as doing very clever planning. If you are born on this cusp, you have to find a way to incorporate the nature of Gemini without putting it in a gilded cage and still find a way to feel secure when it is time to leave your comfortable rut and take a vacation not just a siesta.

GEMINI/CANCER

"CANCIMINI — The Crabby Twins:

I don't mean to imply that these people are not well integrated, but often we will see a Cancimini listening carefully to themselves talking to their other, worried self. They usually have 2 phones and will call themselves, and let it ring without answering. They have diverse attachments, and often collect lots of colorful little things but cannot remember where they are. Rules home parties, gumball machines and plastic coffee stirring sticks."

– Tem Tarriktar

Cancer is a home body and is not comfortable being carried away by the effervescent Gemini air. Cancer is emotional while Gemini is intellectual. Cancer emotions are not logical but very difficult for the intellectual Gemini mind to deal with if they cannot be explained. Gemini represents the twins who may be able to turn in both directions, dealing with emotions on one side and logic on the other but "never the twain shall meet." Only if you can keep the two separated can they be dealt with. Cancer isn't really equipped to live with this two faced stranger. Cancer asks, “what needs to be explained about emotions?” But there is always a reason for the way you feel. People who don't understand that are simply insensitive and perhaps uncivilized and cruel. Cancer is very uncomfortable with the Gemini stranger in the house, especially an insensitive stranger.

With this combination you are likely to grieve in silence. At other times, you may become reckless, throwing caution to the wind, going where "angels fear to tread." You long to be social and friendly with everyone and yet too often others fail to understand your contradictory nature. Both sides of this combination, unless carefully blended like a good Hollandaise sauce, can be productive of embarrassing discouragement. Once you learn to blend these two dichotomies without jumping from one to the other you can become a real genius at making your emotions appear logical and vice versa.

This water & fire mixture is vapory, productive of steam, emotional and explosive, with potential for a genius imagination when properly controlled. They have a chameleon like attraction with a certain amount of fear, particularly of strangers, which keeps them from impulsive behavior. If these two energies are able to work together they will be able to avoid situations where failure would otherwise be most certain. Leo wants to be on stage, keeping people at a safe distance, while Cancer wants only those loyal and close enough to control. Leo, the king, must keep some distance and becomes a soft touch when some needy person gets close.

This combination can be powerfully resourceful once they are able to blend and take advantage of the strengths to be found here without being overcome by the fear engendered by a desire to do what they don't understand. When generosity and protection go their separate ways neither finds the satisfaction they feel safe with. To Cancer, Leo's generosity is wasteful if all that is to be received is applause. Leo has no thought of enlisting those with whom he/she is generous with or encouraging them to be part of the tribe. If Cancer can provide the closeness without putting out the Leo fire to perform and Leo can be charming without being drowned in emotionalism, these two signs are capable of taking you further than one alone could accomplish by itself.

LEO/VIRGO

" LEGO — The Crazed Artisan:

These people are obsessed with creativity, productivity and often start castle-cleaning businesses. Lego rules stage-fright, and they are proud in a humble way. They often enthusiastically exclaim, 'How can I help you (meet my needs)?'"

– Tem Tarriktar

The harvest time on the earth is just beginning and the hot fire from summer dying down. Virgo is not quite ready to harvest and Leo is pushing to hold the summer throne as long as possible. Neither of these two are social beings as far as groups. Leo needs a stage on which to perform. Virgo lacks confidence and must be pulled along. Some of Leo's showmanship and Virgo's mentality are possible to connect. Virgo is best behind the throne if Leo will only take a little direction. Leo knows how to be dramatic about
anything that they understand. Lawyers come to mind. A good trial lawyer must be dramatic. Salesmanship needs a product in which you have confidence, then you can put Leo to work with the ability to show the usefulness of the product.

This combination can also be very good in charge of some kind of reformation to which you are committed. These people have to believe in what they are doing for or with a group, then they find their way to the top in a way that is not aggressive. They can be convincing because of their own commitment as well as their ability to make the subject both exciting and logical.

VIRGO/LIBRA

"VIRBRA —The Pay Scales:

Author of 'Analyzing Us', and often says: 'Oh don't you think we can find romantic perfection together despite YOUR faults?' Virbra rules labor unions, labors of love, laboratory cleaning products and precision indecision. It also rules the wax they put on apples to make them look shiny.”

– Tem Tarriktar

This is probably the most compatible and easy to blend cusp even though there are a few difficult problems. This is an earth/air combination. It is less at odds than the earth/air of Taurus/Gemini. Virgo is mutable and Libra is cardinal. Both are quite mentally oriented. It shouldn't be too difficult to blend and broaden the intellectual capacity of these two. The problem comes from Libra's indecisiveness and Virgo's critical mind. Both are looking for the perfection of absolute truth which, unfortunately, usually results in dogma. This combination can drive itself crazy trying to reconcile all the exceptions that are found everywhere they look. Unless they find some way to resolve and live with these inconsistencies, they have an itch they can't scratch.

Creative artistry is a real possibility if you are able to put it all together. A major problem is never being satisfied with whatever genius you come up with because you can always see flaws that others will miss. You are inclined to destroy what you are continually trying to perfect. Anything even slightly out of line seems to nag at you. The need for perfection is compounded by this cusp influence instead of being in conflict. Nevertheless, especially with help from the rest of the chart, other qualities can be brought to bear which are capable of making this a combination of genius, especially in artistic enterprises but also in projects where precision and cooperation are important to success. The major problem is that you are difficult to satisfy.

LIBRA/SCORPIO

"LIBRIUM LEEPIO — The Indecisive Assassin:

These types often get into politics. If you meet a smiling stranger on the streets who asks politely if they may kill you in a charming way, you've found one. Their motto: 'don't get mad, get balanced, then get even.' Librium Leepio rules sedation, deflation, used car salesmen and practical jokes played by hairdressers."

– Tem Tarriktar

This combination is cardinal air and fixed water, and represents fall moving into winter. Both of these signs are focused on relationships. Scorpio insists on being in charge and making decisions. They don't even think of asking what the other party would like. Scorpio thinks it knows and if not, they will do their own research. Libra wants someone to make a decision but wants to be asked to discuss the situation. Of course, for Libra no amount of discussion will be enough to be sure. Scorpio is not able to stand the indecision. No matter what Scorpio decides, Libra will be aware of what is wrong with the decision. When you have this internal conflict, you have a real problem. You do not have the luxury of living with the pros & cons until someone else makes the decision. You feel compelled to make the decision and then you have no one to blame but yourself when the negativity surfaces. Even if everyone else is happy with whatever you decided, you are still uncomfortable with what you see isn't quite the way you would like it.

Both of these signs are mentally oriented. It is their method that seems to be incompatible. Libra wants someone on the other side of the court to go back and forth with. Scorpio wants to research independently and come up with a decision without discussing it until they've made up their mind. Then, they don't want to explain their thinking, especially if it means they might be second-guessed. If you as an individual are able to use both of these avenues to come to a decision without second guessing yourself all the time, you will have made a better decision. Your main problem will be the way you put it together. You will need to let go which is actually difficult for both of these signs. Scorpio hangs on because of the fixity which defends whatever it has implemented. Libra has a problem with letting go because of the embarrassment of presenting something that is less than perfect.

Mutable fire and fixed water in most cases dampens the fire of Sagittarius and causes the exuberance of Sagittarius "hail fellow well met." "Foot in mouth disease" so well known to Sagittarius becomes, "easy come, easy go." Under these circumstances, you would hardly recognize this person as a Sagittarius. There is tremendous depth to this cusp but only a small amount is seen. strangely enough, you need to build a bridge of communication. Some of you may feel that the silent majority must agree with you but you prefer not to talk about it. You need some air to express your fire. In this case, Scorpio is a little disturbed by the Sagittarius desire for open spaces between people. Scorpio will allow freedom if it isn't too unstructured.

I suspect that most of you just dream about what you could do if you just had the courage of your convictions. It is true that if Sagittarius is strong enough to break through the fixity of Scorpio you find yourself with an unbeatable team. More planets in Sagittarius than Scorpio will even out the balance to advantage. Part of the problem is getting just the proper amount of stimulation and encouragement from others. Creative gifts, divine humor and sincere faith are possibilities if you are able to free the Sagittarius need to express itself and avoid the defensiveness of Scorpio. It all depends on how well you are able to deal with those less competent than you. Once you learn to be patient with those less competent without being judgmental, you will able to learn from the least competent. You will gain tremendous stature in you environment. Even sainthood is a possibility.

SAGITARIUS/CAPRICORN

"SAGICORNY — The Flippant Dictator:

The Sagicorny climbs the mountain of life, reaches the summit, throws both arms skyward and shouts, 'I"M ON TOP, THEREFORE I'M RIGHT!' This cuspoid combines the desire to see faraway places with the need for power and to be 'on top.'

– Tem Tarriktar

This is a combination of mutable fire and cardinal earth. This has the potential of creating a paranoid personality with an excruciating headache. Capricorn's cardinal earth can be insufferably embarrassed by the independent, free-wheeling Sagittarius mutable fire. Sagittarius feels imprisoned by the restrictions felt with Capricorn's limitations that attempt to keep everything under control and respectable. "Foot in mouth disease" is intolerable to Capricorn. It also makes Sagittarius uncomfortable when there was no intention to hurt anyone. Sagittarius asks, “didn't they want to hear the truth?” When this happens, it is embarrassing to both signs. It is bad enough that Sagittarius has to deal with such slips but much worse with Capricorn's moralizing.

It is difficult for this uncivilized happy-go-lucky spirit to be comfortable when this formal taskmaster is on guard. It is equally difficult for Capricorn to stand the embarrassment that Sagittarius on its own will just brush off. If someone is offended, Sagittarius knows there are always more people to party with. Not that they aren't sorry and even willing to apologize. But they don't want their nose rubbed in it. When this conflict is going on in one individual, it will be up to that individual to find a way for the fun loving, happy-go-lucky nature to be civilized without becoming imprisoned. The Capricorn influence will be a lot more sociable and fun if they learn to take a joke. Capricorn can have the ability to diplomatically smooth ruffled feathers and if the embarrassment can be controlled, less will be lost. Success, fame and honor are possible rewards for smoothing out these conflicting tendencies. You have the ability and the obligation is only to yourself. It is possible to find a comfortable balance that you can live with happily.

CAPRICORN/AQUARIUS

"CAPRARIUS — The Bringer Of Hooved Animals:

The reliable eccentric, these cuspoids surf for ideas like 'How to maintain the status quo in new, innovative, exciting ways.'”

– Tem Tarriktar

Capricorn (Saturn) and Aquarius (Uranus) must work together to make this work. This combination is cardinal earth and fixed air. At first glance they seem to be a threat to each other with Uranus threatening the structures of Saturn whose rings are the walls of civilization, protection from the elements, guidelines and dogmas which have stood the test of time. We are supposed to be able to count on these structures. If you are so fenced in you can't breath Aquarius is a real breath of fresh air. If you are in prison you will be glad to have Uranus find you a way out. When you come home to Capricorn you can expect a very uncomfortable lecture about how foolish you were to run away but you will find enough shelter to rest until you are ready to take off again. If your freedom gets you lost, you will look for the tradition structures that Saturn provides, protection you can lean against, a resting place. Saturn and Uranus make way for our evolution when the societal structure no longer fits. The birth of the chicken out of the egg depends on the shell breaking at just the right time. If it breaks too soon, the chicken will not survive. If it fails to break when the chicken is ready to step out, the chicken will not survive. As soon as the chicken is able to survive outside of Saturn's shell, Saturn takes over again with a new structure and boundaries to identify the chicken as a chicken. This applies to civilizations as well.

In order for the individual to be comfortable with this cusp they must be able to enjoy the learning process. The journey through life shows us that change is unavoidable. Nothing happens to us that doesn't have some benefit if we can only recognize the benefit. You may surprise your acquaintances by being "gung ho" at one minute and then turn around the next. You love your freedom and are willing to make changes but you also recognize a need for security. The better able you are to keep a balance which does not overly limit your freedom and yet maintain your security the better you will be able to live on this edge.m and are willing to make changes but you also recognize a need for security. The better able you are to keep a balance which does not overly limit your freedom and yet maintain your security the better you will be able to live on this edge.

AQUARIUS/PISCES

"AQUEESIES — The Squeegee:

In the ozone, pure – and simple. Not of the earth. Don't even try to figure them out. Terminally spaced out. This sign rules lost mail, the government bureaucracy, selfless individualism and decentralized fish."

– Tem Tarriktar

Fixed Air & Mutable Water this is perhaps the strangest combination. Both of these signs are unconventional as far as society is concerned. They seem to know things other people don't know. Aquarius' desire to know combined with Pisces intuition can be very helpful. However, they aren't on the same wave length. It takes some objective observation to make this unusual combination fit. Society is no help when it comes to putting it together. Pisces belongs to the mystics while Aquarius belongs to the scientists. Of course, no one fits this pattern exactly. Both must find a part of society in which they feel most comfortable.

Those dealing with this cusp in one chart must find a unique way to blend these two abilities on their own. Most of you will be rather silent about what you are able to recognize. You realize very early that no one else sees things they same way you see them. If you worry too much about other people, you may put so much pressure on yourself to fit in that you distort the best of what you have. If you are able to accept the differences between your view and society's view, it is possible for you to show some real genius qualities. It will be up to you to recognize these differences and not try too hard to get recognition. If you have enough control without looking weird, you will be able to learn something from everyone. Psychic phenomena is natural to you. If society laughs at this too early in your life, you will shut it off and deny you ever saw anything. You will learn very soon that others don't see what you see. You will have to decide whether you can find a safe way to be yourself or if it would be safer to try to be more like everyone else. Singers, actors, authors, and that in-between group which cannot be classified are able to do a good job with this cusp.

PISCES/ARIES

Picture an ostrich running around in circles with his head stuck in the ground. Motto: 'I am everyone, but--ME FIRST!' Rules holier-than-thou preachers. fly-by-night gypsies and root beer fizzies."

– Tem Tarriktar

Mutable water and cardinal fire both bless and curse this blend with the need to act on imagination as they touch a fleeting instant of eternity. Yearning for the impossible can lead you to visionary heights or into a mental institution. What you can't see, hear, feel or touch but know is there can be maddening, especially in a society which worships the tangible and denigrates imagination. Until you can prove what you imagine is true, you are a dreamer. Once you prove yourself, you are a visionary.

Some of what you can imagine drives you to act without waiting for proof. You live with distraction & sweet desire in the midst of a blasé humanity where the omnipotent can disappoint you as well. An active challenge to the unknown can produce some of the most profound results as well as come crazy undeveloped hints of what could be. In order to bridge these conflicting energies, you must calm your impulse to action. "Let's get this show on the road, whether it is ready or not." You must take time, without apology to yourself or others, to calm your impulse and live with excitement rather than "jumping the gun". If anyone ever needed to learn patience it is this combination of pressures. You have the ability to perform miracles once you have learned to operate these two contrary energies in a way that they work together under your conscious control.